Summary

This article describes an anti-malware platform update package for Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 clients. This package updates Endpoint Protection client services, drivers, and user interface components.Microsoft regularly releases anti-malware platform updates to guarantee consistency in protection, performance, robustness, and usability in a malware landscape that is constantly changing. This update package is dated August 2013.

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Update information

This anti-malware platform update contains the following improvements:

  • Updates the platform to network real-time behavior monitoring functionalityProvides a new protection capability that combines suspicious network activity with other suspicious behavior monitoring already included in the product triggering telemetry and sample submission for suspicious files that may require further analysis.For information about how to configure this feature, see the following Microsoft DevCenter website:

    WMI Providers For more information, see the following System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog website:

    Enhancements to Behavior Monitoring and Network Inspection System in the Microsoft anti-malware platform

  • Adds manageability supportA WMIv2 provider is now available that allows for programmatic management of functions enabled in the user experience, such as disabling user interfaces on unattended terminals.For information about the provider and for the API description, see the following Windows DevCenter website:

    WMI Providers For information about PowerShell commandlets that are also available for administrative scripting, see the following Microsoft TechNet website:

    Windows and Windows Server Automation with Windows PowerShell

  • Adds anti-tampering functionality to reduce the risk that malware will disable or bypass anti-malware scanningFor example, access to registry and services used by the anti-malware platform can only be managed directly through supported (trusted channels) administrative options through the System Center Configuration Manager console.

  • Improves overall performance of the anti-malware platform compared to previous platform versionsImprovements are made for signatures that are delivered through the Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS). These changes contain no configurable or customer-facing effects.For more information about MAPS, see the following Microsoft TechNet website:

    Description of the Microsoft Active Protection Service Community

  • Adds more language support to the anti-malware platformNew supported languages include the following:

    • Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) (zh-HK)

    • Chinese (PRC) (zh-CN)

    • Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-TW)

    • English (en-US)

    • French (fr-FR)

    • German (de-DE)

    • Italian (it-IT)

    • Japanese (ja-JP)

    • Korean (ko-KR)

    • Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR)

    • Russian (ru-RU)

    • Spanish (es-ES)

  • Adds a configurable automatic sample submission optionBy default, if your computer is opted in to MAPS, you may be prompted to send suspicious files to Microsoft for further analysis. This update enables new configuration options for this sample collection by providing an option to automatically send such files as .exe files without you being prompted. Be aware that all files that potentially contain personally identifiable information will continue to prompt you.Notes about this option

    • This option includes an updated Microsoft Software License Terms and Privacy statement that discusses this functionality.

    • This option setting is configurable through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

    • This option currently provides no user-configurable capability in the System Center Configuration Manager console or the Administrative Template (.admx) files.

    • This option requires MAPS membership.

    For policy configuration information, see the following Microsoft Forefront website:

    FEP ADMX Reference

  • Makes several client fixesIn addition to the improvements noted here, this release fixes the following client issues:

    • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 interoperabilityThe installation of the Endpoint Protection client on Exchange Server 2003 may cause ActiveSync failures such as Event ID 3005. To prevent this problem, create the following registry value:

      Registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mpfilter\ParametersDWORD name: DisableReadHookingDWORD Value: 1Notes about this setting

      • Restart the Exchange Server 2003 for the change to take effect.

      • This value setting alters how Endpoint Protection client handles file access. However, it does not affect detection capability.

    • Incorrect Environment VariableThe installation of the Endpoint Protection agent creates an additional PSModulePath environment variable that contains a trailing space. This is listed as a duplicate environment variable.

    • Alternative drive installationThe /drive parameter does not change the product's AppDataPath value to the specified drive. It changes only the Program Data path.

How to obtain this update

This update can be obtained from Microsoft Windows Update.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 client installed.

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This update replaces the following updates:

Additional information

This update brings the antimalware client version to 4.3.215.0. You can find the version information by clicking About on the Help menu of the Endpoint Protection client user interface.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Amuninstall.vbs

Not Applicable

10,051

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Commonconstants.dll

2.1.1116.114

26,288

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Commonsetuputils.dll

2.1.1116.114

68,272

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Fep2010su1-fepext-kb2865173-x86-enu.msp

Not Applicable

25,890,816

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Fepext.msi

Not Applicable

26,628,096

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Fepregistrator.exe

2.1.1116.114

121,520

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Amuninstall.vbs

Not Applicable

10,051

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Commonconstants.dll

2.1.1116.114

26,288

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Commonsetuputils.dll

2.1.1116.114

68,272

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Fep2010su1-fepext-kb2865173-amd64-enu.msp

Not Applicable

25,890,816

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Fepext.msi

Not Applicable

26,628,096

01-Jul-2011

02:35

Fepregistrator.exe

2.1.1116.114

121,520

01-Jul-2011

02:35

References

See the terminology Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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